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We were both so happy, so excited, but we tried to stay low-key, like it's no big deal, so we wouldn't look all giddy and silly, if Ed was wearing lipstick, you would have been able to see lipstick smudges on both his ears because that's how big that smile was on him. It was a look I'd never forget. – Bruce Morrow	Found on CNN 2 years ago
At first, we'd be very low-key about it. Knowing people were always watching, we'd be on the lot and say, ‘Hello, how are you doing today?’ That sort of thing.’. – Tawny Kitaen	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Potential repercussions extend beyond any player seeking a thirst-quencher to his family, teammates, opponents and even the sports ability to continue. Part of the motivation for good behavior might be the same thing that drives most things in baseball wins and losses. The defending NL East champion Braves were rocked at the start of camp by the positive tests. Their setback underscored the new weight of the annual preseason mantra, If we can stay healthy.... I think we all recognize that the team that is hit the least hard by the virus, thats able to keep themselves healthy out there, is going to have the best chance to compete, Houston Astros James Click Click said. For a major leaguer, its counterintuitive : Avoid crowds. Teamwork can help players adopt an appropriately low-key lifestyle. I just make Christian Yelich get me everything, man. – Milwaukee Brewers	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Cedric Willis was a very low-key guy dealing with an awful lot : the unimaginable wrong and pain Cedric Willis suffered and the difficulty of being a black man in Jackson, Mississippi. – Emily Maw	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It’s a whole new world in terms of how the inauguration is being celebrated, it’s much more low-key. – Vivian Deuschl	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The guys that do have the confidence to hit on me are not necessarily my type, but they think they are because I ’m a pop star, I sing songs, do movies, I like to feel sexy and confident on stage, i ’d be so stoked with a writer or producer or actor who is low-key, but those kind of guys are terrified of me ! she said. – Selena Gomez	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The more they say, the more liability they could potentially create for themselves, they are low key, contrite and helpful. – Sam Singer	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

We were both so happy, so excited, but we tried to stay low-key, like it's no big deal, so we wouldn't look all giddy and silly, if Ed was wearing lipstick, you would have been able to see lipstick smudges on both his ears because that's how big that smile was on him. It was a look I'd never forget.

– Bruce Morrow

Found on CNN
2 years ago

At first, we'd be very low-key about it. Knowing people were always watching, we'd be on the lot and say, ‘Hello, how are you doing today?’ That sort of thing.’.

– Tawny Kitaen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Potential repercussions extend beyond any player seeking a thirst-quencher to his family, teammates, opponents and even the sports ability to continue. Part of the motivation for good behavior might be the same thing that drives most things in baseball wins and losses. The defending NL East champion Braves were rocked at the start of camp by the positive tests. Their setback underscored the new weight of the annual preseason mantra, If we can stay healthy.... I think we all recognize that the team that is hit the least hard by the virus, thats able to keep themselves healthy out there, is going to have the best chance to compete, Houston Astros James Click Click said. For a major leaguer, its counterintuitive : Avoid crowds. Teamwork can help players adopt an appropriately low-key lifestyle. I just make Christian Yelich get me everything, man.

– Milwaukee Brewers

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Cedric Willis was a very low-key guy dealing with an awful lot : the unimaginable wrong and pain Cedric Willis suffered and the difficulty of being a black man in Jackson, Mississippi.

– Emily Maw

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It’s a whole new world in terms of how the inauguration is being celebrated, it’s much more low-key.

– Vivian Deuschl

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The guys that do have the confidence to hit on me are not necessarily my type, but they think they are because I ’m a pop star, I sing songs, do movies, I like to feel sexy and confident on stage, i ’d be so stoked with a writer or producer or actor who is low-key, but those kind of guys are terrified of me ! she said.

– Selena Gomez

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The more they say, the more liability they could potentially create for themselves, they are low key, contrite and helpful.

– Sam Singer

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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